About

Caroline O’Riordan is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and healthcare activist from Massachusetts who writes critical yet catalyzing comedies about life under American capitalism.

She wrote and directed the short film HUMAN CONNECTION, starring Fernando Carsa of AppleTV+’s Acapulco and comedian Collin Baker, for which she was awarded Best Director at the 2024 Broad Humor Film Festival. The film received an honorable mention at the Big Teeth Small Shorts Festival and was an official selection at the Highland Park Independent Film Festival. She also wrote and produced the web series SOHO ART, which was featured on FunnyorDie.com.

She is currently working on Netflix's The Four Seasons. She previously worked as a staff writer for the podcast company PocketFM, assisted in the writers’ rooms for Acapulco S3 and Moonfall S1, and assisted producer Jerry Kupfer on the 30 Rock Reunion Special and Hunters S1 & 2. She also worked for director David Wain on Miracle Workers S4 and in development on a romantic comedy feature for Miramax. Before her television career, Caroline studied photography and worked as a producer in New York’s commercial photography industry.

She founded the group #Hollywood4CalCare, organizing our industry to make health care a human right in California.